Where have you gone?

Yes, it has been pretty gloomy since Preston and Emily left. 

Even the weather is letting us know how it feels.

It's been quiet...I miss hearing the door open

and you walking in with arms to greet me with a

"Hi Pretty Girl".



One Year Ago

I knew I was getting to be with my brother Preston again. 

I've known him since I was 14 years old.

And now here he was, a dentist for the United States Air Force

and his wife Emily whom I'd only known for a few days was coming as well,

 but I had no idea how much more I was about to gain.

 She was my sister,

 and my friend.

They were an Uncle and Aunt that did

more for my children than they will ever know.

You are both loved and so, so missed!

Last Few Days

My heart is about to break.  Preston and Emily are leaving in just a few days to Hawaii for Preston's next assignment.  I know, I know....I feel really bad for them too.  Hawaii.....that is just awful. 

But I will miss them....no....WE will miss them TERRIBLY.  I feel so blessed to have been together for this past year.  Prayers were answered in so many ways by them coming here.

They have been staying with us for a few days in our apartment until they leave.  Molly and Emmaline gave up their room VERY willingly and it feels like I haven't even skipped a beat by them being here. 

Preston holding "Chubby J" as he lovingly called her. 

Here is one of the many countless times Emily held and rocked

this sweet girl that she lovingly called, "Pretty Girl"

 Here we all are after our last time going to church together.

Fondue Date Night

We went out one last time with Emily and Preston and had a great time.  The girls went to Sister Jackie's and we let Isaac be our third wheel on this outing. 

It started out with the boys playing indoor screen golf that was a phenomenon to me.  It looks boring just hitting the golf ball into a screen, but both Aaron and Preston said it was really fun. 

We then had dinner at one of our favorite places called "The Grapevine"

Amazing Italian food.....(and lemonade Preston) with a great quaint atmostphere.  There are usually only two employees there at a time.  One to take your order and serve you and the other to prepare.  You are able to look right into the kitchen and watch them make the food. One time when Aaron and I went to this place the two employees busily made meatballs at one of the tables next to us in the dining area. It was great! They carried on their Korean conversation while making meatballs and we carried on our English one while eating the delicious entrees they had both just prepared for us. 

After we ate, we then went to Baskin Robins

for what we all..... well maybe just Emily and Me

had been looking forward to for months.

THIS.....Chocolate Fondue.  

They don't have this in the U.S.A 

 I wished someone had filmed us eating this, because when they brought it out, it was as if we all were immediately sucked into a competition of who ever could eat the fastest received the greatest prize ever.  It still seems like a blurr of how it all went down, but I do know that it was gone in a flash and it was OH SO Good. 

I know......Preston looks all sad that it really is gone and poor Isaac I think was amazed to see how grown adults behaved that he didn't dare to ask for too much.

 Poor Emily trying to scrape out as much chocolate

as she can after it was all over.

Yummy!! 

We really should have slowed down and

gotten a picture

of what it looked like instead of the empty trays.